Week 1

Question 1

Abash

Answer 1

To embarrass

Question 2

Abate

Answer 2

To reduce (subside)

Question 3

Abdicate

Answer 3

To step down from a position of power or responsibilities

Question 4

Aberration

Answer 4

Something not typical

Question 5

Abhor

Answer 5

To hate very, very much

Question 6

Abject

Answer 6

Hopeless

Question 7

Abnegate

Answer 7

To reject

Question 8

Abortive

Answer 8

Unsuccessful

Question 9

Abridge

Answer 9

To shorten (condense)

Question 10

Absolve

Answer 10

To forgive or free from blame

Question 11

Abstinent

Answer 11

Abstaining

Question 12

Abstruse

Answer 12

Hard to understand

Question 13

Abysmal

Answer 13

Extremely hopeless

Question 14

Accolade

Answer 14

An award, an honor

Question 15

Accost

Answer 15

To approach and speak to someone aggressively

Question 16

Acerbic

Answer 16

Severe, sour

Question 17

Acquiesce

Answer 17

To accept

Question 18

Acrid

Answer 18

Harshly pungent; bitter

Question 19

Acrimonious

Answer 19

Full of spite; bitter

Question 20

Acumen

Answer 20

Mental sharpness; 예리함

Question 21

Acute

Answer 21

Sharp

Question 22

Adamant

Answer 22

Completely inflexible

Question 23

Adherent

Answer 23

Supporter

Question 24

Admonish

Answer 24

To warn

Question 25

Adroit

Answer 25

Skillful, clever

Question 26

Adulation

Answer 26

Wild or excessive admiration

Question 27

Adulterate

Answer 27

To contaminate

Question 28

Adverse

Answer 28

Unfavourable

Question 29

Aesthetic

Answer 29

Artistic

Question 30

Affable

Answer 30

Friendly

Question 31

Affectation

Answer 31

Unnatural or artificial behaviour, usually intended to impress

Question 32

Affinity

Answer 32

Attraction

Question 33

Aggregate

Answer 33

Sum total

Question 34

Agnostic

Answer 34

One who believes that the existence of god can be neither proved nor disproven

Question 35

Agrarian

Answer 35

Relating to land

Question 36

Alacrity

Answer 36

Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

Question 37

Allege

Answer 37

To assert without proof

Question 38

Alleviate

Answer 38

To relieve

Question 39

Allocate

Answer 39

To distribute

Question 40

Alloy

Answer 40

Combination of two or more things

Question 41

Aloof

Answer 41

Uninvolved

Question 42

Altruism

Answer 42

Selflessness

Question 43

Ambience

Answer 43

Atmosphere, mood

Question 44

Ambiguous

Answer 44

Unclear in meaning; confusing

Question 45

Ambivalent

Answer 45

Undecided

Question 46

Ameliorate

Answer 46

To make better or more tolerable

Question 47

Amenable

Answer 47

Obedient, agreeable

Question 48

Amenity

Answer 48

Pleasantness

Question 49

Amiable

Answer 49

Friendly, agreeable

Question 50

Amnesty

Answer 50

An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a low or policy

Question 51

Amoral

Answer 51

Neither moral nor immoral

Question 52

Amorous

Answer 52

Feeling of loving, sexual sense

Question 53

Amorphous

Answer 53

Shapeless

Question 54

Anachronism

Answer 54

Something out of place in time or history

Question 55

Analogy

Answer 55

A comparison of one thing to another, similarity